I was trying to explain this to my 16 year old son who does not home-school with us. He has so many needs, and learning to navigate groups of different people and situations outweigh other reasons (for now, anyway) to keep him home. Namely, respect for teachers and educators, for example, is something he needs to get. through. his. head. That being said, after 24 hours of calming down, I can understand why he thinks the principal dressing up as the Lone Ranger, and music from Justin Bieber (truly, not high on his list of acceptable music, and quite honestly rapidly declining on my list of acceptable music) are stupid. Come on, people, he is autistic. I am sure he is not the only one, either. Principals (teachers, administrators, etc.) aren't supposed to be in anything other than casual clothes, maybe a tie, or skirt, and definitely NOT dancing, singing, miming, or even pretending to like anything by the Biebs. I'm just sayin'. No judgement.
It was a good lesson to teach how important character and respect are to us humans (yes, even my Tommy - superior, smarter, autistic, et al.... as he proclaims... I promise he isn't trying to be rude...). Letting Tommy know that the administration was not out to make his day miserable, and that increasing school spirit for EVERYONE was probably the objective of the assembly, did a lot to bring him down a few notches on the anger scale. I'm not sure we convinced him it was ok to put on a costume outside of Halloween, and for sure, nothing said about Justin Bieber was remotely received by him; but we did make the point that teachers are awesome, and they are there to. help. him. I know enough to know it isn't for the pay check... and yes, I told him that. Granted, I have limited teaching experience and don't generate income, but I still do it because I WANT to... that, and because of the whole feeling that God kind of put that call on us as a family, and I don't feel released from that call... Still...
So, thank you to all of you educators out there!!:) You all are awesome (especially those dealing with middle school... another post for another time)!!!:)
Our first week back went well, too. I only made Katie cry once this week (this is good news, believe it or not). Danielle has been very motivated. Math is laid back (I can't stand math, but so far, so good). Katie did tell me symmetry is where you put dead people.... :)
We had an awesome summer, and a great time the last week of summer at the beach in Emerald Isle!!!! So, I'll include some pictures:
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| me my man! |
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| the kiddles! |
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| yes, that's me |
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| coming in for a landing... |
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| just playin' around:) |
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